The Hawke's Bay United manager B. Robertson attacks this game with the team placed 7th so far. In the visitors dressing room Canterbury United and their manager L. Padmore are in 8th place before this match.
- Hawke's Bay United has the fewest scored goals (2) in Premiership
- Canterbury United has the most conceded goals (10) in Premiership
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
It should be mentioned that Canterbury United play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Canterbury United on grass are 10 victories, 9 draws and 14 defeats from 33 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 55-61. You can compare this with overall results below.
Hawke's Bay United form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Premiership game of the season here at Bluewater Stadium. Last season these fans witnessed 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses from Hawke's Bay United's 7 home games. Hawke's has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager B. Robertson and the players.
In their previous game, the manager B. Robertson led his Hawke's to a defeat in the Premiership match away at Auckland City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Bluewater Stadium. Heartbreak before that as Hawke's lost 1-2 at Team Wellington's place.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hawke's handle that role? We have found two games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, zero draws and one defeat.
Early season league goal statistics from Hawke's Bay United's 1 home game: 0 goals, 3 conceded.
Canterbury United form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Premiership ended in defeat. Last season Canterbury United had these away match statistics: Played 7; won 0, drew 2 and lost 5. Three has not been a lucky number for Canterbury as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Waitakere United match.
The manager L. Padmore was unhappy after their last game, a Premiership match played at their home ground ASB Football Park. Canterbury suffered a 2-3 loss to Hamilton Wanderers (placed 1st). Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Eastern Suburbs's place.
We have checked recent matches where Canterbury have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those one game were zero victories, zero draws and one defeat.
It's early days yet, but Canterbury United has scored 1 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Hawke's Bay United victories, three draws and four Canterbury United wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Hawke's Bay United missing players
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| Hawke's Bay United | Canterbury United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2.3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 3.7 |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 27% |
- Canterbury United has the most conceded goals (10) in Premiership
- Canterbury United has the most conceded goals in the first half (4) in Premiership
- Canterbury United has the the worst goal difference (-7) in Premiership
- Hawke's Bay United has the fewest scored goals (2) in Premiership
- Hawke's Bay United has the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Premiership
- Hawke's Bay United has the most conceded goals in the second half (7) in Premiership
- Hawke's Bay United has the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Premiership
| Hawke's Bay United | Last season | Canterbury United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 7 | Played | P | 7 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Scored | S | 8 | 19 | ||
| 44 | 15 | Conceded | C | 16 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 94% | ||
| 88% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 75% | ||
| 75% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 31% | ||
| 50% | 57% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 19% | ||
| 81% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 86% | 81% | ||
| 6% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 6% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.2 | 0.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.9 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 63% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 64% | 70% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hamilton Wanderers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Team Wellington | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Eastern Suburbs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Auckland City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Waitakere United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix Res | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 7 | Hawke's Bay United | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
| 8 | Canterbury United | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -7 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Auckland City | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 27 | 37 |
| 2 | Team Wellington | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 34 |
| 3 | Waitakere United | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| 4 | Eastern Suburbs | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | Tasman United | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 20 |
| 6 | Hamilton Wanderers | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 23 | -15 | 20 |
| 7 | Southern United | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 26 | -13 | 19 |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix Res | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | -2 | 18 |
| 9 | Hawke's Bay United | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 29 | -12 | 15 |
| 10 | Canterbury United | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -17 | 10 |